Holding steady.
Popularity of Lavergne since 1912
Babies named Lavergne per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1925, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Lavergne's real moment was 1917.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 148 |
| 1920s | 271 |
| 1930s | 78 |
| 1940s | 29 |
| 1950s | 0 |
| 1960s | 0 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Lavergne is a rare feminine name with French roots, first recorded in the U.S. in 1912. It reached its peak popularity in 1917, though exact ranking data is unavailable due to its rarity. The name appeared most frequently during the 1910s but has since seen a steep decline and remained stable at near-zero usage in recent decades. Interestingly, the similar name Laverne did rank in the top 1000 from the 1920s through the 1950s, which may have contributed to Lavergne's brief period of use. Though no top states are recorded, its distribution likely mirrored other French-surnames-as-first-names in the early 20th-century rural and suburban South. Today, Lavergne stands as an obscure and distinctive choice, virtually unused but not entirely forgotten.
Lavergne is a transferred use of the French surname Lavergne, derived from the Old French 'verne' meaning 'alder tree', combined with the definite article 'la'. The surname originally denoted someone who lived near an alder grove. As a given name, Lavergne emerged in the United States in the early 20th century, primarily as a girls' name, but it remained rare and largely fell out of use after the 1920s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Vergie, Laverne
Variants: La Verne, Laverne
Sibling names for Lavergne
Names that share Lavergne's style, for a brother or sister.
